01:05A rescue volunteer has named a cat he discovered in the rubble of a collapsed building 'AFAD' after Turkey’s Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency, as seen in footage captured in Kahramanmaras, which was released on Thursday.
Batuhan Yusuf Aydın said he found the cat after hearing a 'meowing' sound coming from the rubble.
"There was a meowing sound coming from inside a building, and we found it together with Ismet Agabey from the Afad Rize team and named it 'AFAD',” he said.
The cat had reportedly been trapped under the rubble for 248 hours. Aydın has adopted his new feline friend and keeps it with him in his tent.
At least 43,000 people are reported to have died with more than 105,000 injured as thousands of buildings collapsed in the 7.7 and 7.6 magnitude earthquakes that rocked Kahramanmaras, Hatay, Adıyaman, Gaziantep, Malatya, Diyarbakir, Sanliurfa, Kilis, Adana and Osmaniye on February 6.
Nearly 196,000 people have been evacuated from the quake-hit regions so far, the Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD) said.
Turkey: Rescue volunteer names cat 'AFAD' after pulling it from rubble in Kahramanmaras
A rescue volunteer has named a cat he discovered in the rubble of a collapsed building 'AFAD' after Turkey’s Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency, as seen in footage captured in Kahramanmaras, which was released on Thursday.
Batuhan Yusuf Aydın said he found the cat after hearing a 'meowing' sound coming from the rubble.
"There was a meowing sound coming from inside a building, and we found it together with Ismet Agabey from the Afad Rize team and named it 'AFAD',” he said.
The cat had reportedly been trapped under the rubble for 248 hours. Aydın has adopted his new feline friend and keeps it with him in his tent.
At least 43,000 people are reported to have died with more than 105,000 injured as thousands of buildings collapsed in the 7.7 and 7.6 magnitude earthquakes that rocked Kahramanmaras, Hatay, Adıyaman, Gaziantep, Malatya, Diyarbakir, Sanliurfa, Kilis, Adana and Osmaniye on February 6.
Nearly 196,000 people have been evacuated from the quake-hit regions so far, the Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD) said.
A rescue volunteer has named a cat he discovered in the rubble of a collapsed building 'AFAD' after Turkey’s Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency, as seen in footage captured in Kahramanmaras, which was released on Thursday.
Batuhan Yusuf Aydın said he found the cat after hearing a 'meowing' sound coming from the rubble.
"There was a meowing sound coming from inside a building, and we found it together with Ismet Agabey from the Afad Rize team and named it 'AFAD',” he said.
The cat had reportedly been trapped under the rubble for 248 hours. Aydın has adopted his new feline friend and keeps it with him in his tent.
At least 43,000 people are reported to have died with more than 105,000 injured as thousands of buildings collapsed in the 7.7 and 7.6 magnitude earthquakes that rocked Kahramanmaras, Hatay, Adıyaman, Gaziantep, Malatya, Diyarbakir, Sanliurfa, Kilis, Adana and Osmaniye on February 6.
Nearly 196,000 people have been evacuated from the quake-hit regions so far, the Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD) said.